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[–] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Yep and they do that by making it not even believably the same character.

[–] Jesus_666@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

They explore an alternate story. Sometimes they do that and explore fun scenarios like "what if Cruella DeVil was a somewhat decent person" or "what if all the heroes lived together and operated a magical ghetto and also brought their enemies back from the dead specifically so they could force them to live in squalor in the ghetto forever". Fun little alternate stories.

[–] Jolteon@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago

I'm struggling to see the link between that and 101 Dalmatians.

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 9 points 4 hours ago

It's probably how the real Cruela would tell her backstory, making herself the victim